What you’ll be doing

As an Interior Designer for Stage Right, your job will be to work with homeowners to quickly and efficiently create living spaces that delight them and that meet their specified needs (“staging-to-stay”). Your responsibilities may include some or all of:

Design Management

• Identify and analyze client needs and goals, budget parameters, sand project schedules.
• Visit client’s premises to review existing conditions and make required measurements.
• Develop presentations for client approval.
• Estimate project costs. Provide cost estimates to the client for approval.
• Collaborate with professional trades (e.g. electrical contractors, architects, painters, flooring installers).
• Advise clients on the selection of colour schemes, layout, lighting, furniture, floor coverings, curtains, paint, wallpaper and hardware products (e.g. curtain fittings).
• Review and evaluate projects on behalf of clients, during implementation and upon completion.
• Supervise and coordinate the installation and arrangement of furniture and furnishings.
• Undertake direct selling of furniture, art, rugs, window treatment and accessories.

Purchase Orders / Shipping / Receiving

• Submit and track all purchase orders.
• Assist in the managing the receiving and delivery of all client furniture orders.

 Project Management

• Maintain financial records for each project in a manner that facilitates management reports.
• Provide accurate and timely reporting on the financial activity of individual projects.
• Provide information to clients about project progress.

Qualifications

Education

Although there are no standard education requirements for an Interior Designer at Stage Right, all applicants must possess a creative design sense and space perspective. A degree or diploma in design is an asset.  You must also possess the ability to articulate your ideas and suggestions in a manner that is confident and professional.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

The ideal candidate will have experience in:

• Space planning
• Selling flooring, furniture, window treatments
• Sales and customer service
• Project Management
• Will have a valid driver’s license

Proficiency in the use of computer programs for:

Microsoft Office, including Outlook
Internet research and browsing

Personal Characteristics

As a Stage Right Interior Designer, you should demonstrate competence in some or all of the following:

Attitude: Positive “can do” attitude. Genuinely interested in the industry. Enjoys the fast pace, ever changing nature of small business.

Behave Ethically: Understand ethical behaviour and business practices and ensure own behaviour and the behaviour of others is consistent with these standards and aligns with the values of the organization

Build Relationships: Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others both internally and externally to achieve the goals of the organization.

Communicate Effectively: Speak, listen and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques.

Focus on Client Needs: Anticipate, understand, and respond to the needs of internal and external clients to meet or exceed their expectations within the organizational parameters.

Foster Teamwork: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problem, and make decisions that enhance organizational effectiveness.

Lead: Positively influence others to achieve results that are in the best interest of the organization.

Make Decisions: Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks, and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organization

Organize: Set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details, data, information and activities.

Plan: Determine strategies to move the organization forward, set goals, create and implement actions plans, and evaluate the process and results.

Solve Problems: Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem.

Experience

10 years of work experience, ideally 3-5 in an industry related environment

Working Conditions

Interior Designer

• Work in an office environment a minimum of 1 day a week
• Work hours are sometimes long or irregular and may include weekends and evenings.
• May be required to lift and/or pack and unpack light furniture and furnishings

What you’ll be doing

As a Home Stager for Stage Right, you’ll be part of a fast-moving team which transforms homes into remarkable living spaces for the purposes of helping real estate agents sell the home more quickly, for more. Your job may include some or all of the following:

 Staging

• Perform “walkthroughs” of prospect homes for the real estate agent and/or homeowner.
• Take pictures of the home in its “before” state.
• Develop, on the spot, a staging plan to increase the perceived value of the home. The plan may include some or all of: furniture, lighting, art, accessories, window treatments, rugs, linens, painting, cleaning, repairs, and renovations, depending on the time available prior to going to market.
• Communicate the staging requirements/plan back to the office so a staging proposal can be developed and sent to the prospect within 24 hours of the walkthrough.
• Once the staging is confirmed, tag the required furnishings in the warehouse to reserve them for the staging.
• On the day of the staging, organize the inventory for loading on the truck. Assist in loading.
• With team, deliver furnishings to staging home. Assist in unloading of truck, as required. Transform the home as per the plan on the staging day.
• Follow-up with the customer after staging to ensure customer satisfaction with the work. Address any deficiencies in a timely manner.

Qualifications

Education

Although there are no specific education requirements, a Home Stager at Stage Right must possess a creative design sense and space perspective. They must also possess the ability to articulate their ideas and suggestions in a manner that is confident and professional.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

The ideal candidate will have experience in:

• Space planning
• Selling flooring, furniture, window treatments
• Staging
• Sales and customer service
• Project Management
• Have a valid driver’s license

Personal Characteristics

As a Stage Right Home Stager, you should demonstrate competence in some or all of the following:

Attitude: Positive “can do” attitude. Genuinely passionate about home design. Enjoys the fast pace, ever changing nature of small business. Takes pride in the completed product. Will do “whatever it take” to ensure the successful conclusion of a project.

Behaves Ethically: Understands ethical behaviour and business practices and ensures own behaviour and the behaviour of others is consistent with these standards and aligns with the values Stage Right.

Builds Relationships: Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with others both internally and externally to achieve customer and company goals.

Communicates Effectively: Speaks, listens and writes in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques.

Focuses on Client Needs: Anticipates, understands, and responds to the needs of internal and external clients to meet or exceed their expectations.

Fosters Teamwork: Works cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that enhance our effectiveness towards our customers.

Leads: Positively influences others to achieve results that are in the best interest of our customers and the company.

Makes Decisions: Assesses situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks of each element of a design or staging project, and makes clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the customer and the company.

Organized: Sets priorities, develops a work schedule, monitors progress towards goals, and tracks details, data, information and activities.

Plans: Determines strategies to move the goals of the customer and the company forward, creates and implements actions plans, and evaluates the process and results.

Solves Problems: Assesses problem situations to identify causes, gathers and processes relevant information, generates possible solutions, and makes recommendations and/or resolves the problem.

Experience

5 years of work experience, ideally 2-3 in an industry-related environment

Working Conditions

Home Stager

• Work hours are sometimes long or irregular and may include weekends and evenings.
• May be required to lift and/or pack and unpack light furniture and furnishings.
• Must be able to work effectively in a very responsive environment where requirements may change on a moment’s notice.